document.write( "Question 1141468: For selling an item for N850 a trader made a profit of 15%. What should be selling price be to make a profit of 20%? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "For selling an item for N850 a trader made a profit of 15%. What should be selling price be to make a profit of 20%?
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Making a profit of 15% means that itw's sold for 1 + .15, or 1.15
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document.write( "Making a profit of 20% means that it should be sold for 1.2
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document.write( "We therefore get the simple PROPORTION: , with S being the selling price to make a 20% profit
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document.write( "Solve that for S to get your answer! 
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document.write( "Cross-multiplying or multiplying both sides by LCD, 1.2S should get you there. \n" );
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